The Karn ataka (kar nataka) Story
Translated from Somewhere byP.R.Ramachander
Few people know
this, but the legendary battle between Karna and Arjuna once happened near to
the Chola Kingdom, close to current day Bengaluru!
That morning,
Karna had sworn:
“Before the sun
sets today, I shall defeat Arjun!”
Confident and
fiery, he climbed onto his Rath, the horses neighing like they were ready for
Formula 1.
Arjun wasn’t
far away—just across what today would’ve been a couple of junctions.
Karna thought,
“Piece of cake. I’ll be there in minutes.”
But little did
he know, he was about to face the true test of Bengaluru. Not celestial
weapons, not divine warriors, but something deadlier: roads and traffic.
First came the
endless wait at what looked suspiciously like Silk Board.
“Why are we not
moving?” Karna barked.
His driver
Shalya replied, “My lord, this is peak hour. Even gods avoid this route.”
Then came the
diversions: Metro work, service lanes that ended in cows, and Maps shouting
“Recalculating!” every two minutes.
Still, Karna
pushed on, sweat dripping, the sun inching west. He could almost see Arjun in
the distance, calmly drinking filter coffee and laughing at memes. Victory was
so close!
And then…
destiny struck. THUD!
The Rath’s
mighty wheel sank deep into a massive pothole. No force could pull it out. The
more they pushed, the deeper it stuck. Karna’s heart sank—the curse had caught
him.
In helpless
rage, he shouted to the heavens:
“Let no wheel
in this land ever move smoothly! Let every traveller taste the pain of being
stuck!”
And that’s how
the land came to be called Karn-ataka—the place where Karna got ataka (stuck).
To this day,
when you’re stranded in Bengaluru traffic, remember—you’re not late. You’re
just part of Karna’s curse.
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